Elastic fabric or webbing.



G. J. WHITE.

ELASTIG FABRIC 0R WBBBING.

AIfPLIoATIoN FILED APR. zo, 1910.

1,042,632. Patented 00e. 29, 19.2.

UNITED strains Parana onirica,

CHARLES J. WHITE, OF NEW BRTAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. J. WHITE MANU- FACTURING COEIPANY, .OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPURATION F CONNECTCUT.

ELASTIC FABRIC 0R WEBBING.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patenten oet. 2a, i912.

Original application med Ianuaryl, 1910, Serial No. 537,831. Divided and this application filed April 20,

1910. Serial No. 556,577.

I To all whom it may concern.'

Alt)

' normally Be it known that I, CHARLES J. WHITE, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at New Britain, Hartford county, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Elastic Fabric or Webbing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a new and improved webbing construction which may be capable of a variety of uses but which has marked utility in connection with garment supporters and the like.

This application is a division from my copending application, Serial No. 537,831, tiled January 13, 1910.'

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a strip of my improved webhing; Fig. 2 is an` edge elevation illustrating diagrammatically the construction of the webbing, the saine being shown 'as abthickened for the purpose of clearer illustration; Fig. 3 is a single length of webbing such as would be employed in `a garment supporter; Fig. 4 illustrates a vlength of webbing such as indicated in Fig. 3 and as applied to use in a hose supporter,l

said view being partly broken away an relatively enlarged; Fig. 5 illustrates by an edge view another use tor my improved webbing.

My improved webbing is mainly elastic but has at'one side, and at properly spaced intervals looped-off or branch portions of non-elastic, said looped-cti or branch portions being integrglly connected with the main body of the webbing and being preterably of greater lengthv than that part of the webbing embraced between the two ends of the looped-oit portion, when said webbing is unstretched, the additional length of nonelastic being in certain instances of articular importance and value as will ater be seen. Y

Referring first to Fig. 3, which shows a single length ot webbing constructed to or elastic part of the webbing while are branches, the branch 2 beine` elastic, the branch 3 being relatively non-e astic. This single length of webbing shown in Fig: 3 is such as would be employed in connection with a hose supporter and the same may is unstretched.

REISSUED severed from a long strip ot'webbing such as shown in Fig. 1, which strip may be woven in any desired length. 'In the strip y shown in Fig. 1 the parts that correspond to the parts shown in Fig. 3 are as follows: 1a corresponds to the main working part; 2a represents an elastic portion at the end of the working part la; while 3 represents the integrally formed looped-od, portion, the parts V2 and 3a producing the branches 2 and of Fig. 3 when the long length of webbing is cut odto forni the separate short lengths. The webbing, as shown in Fig. 3, 1s produced in a continuous strip on a suitable loom and said webbing comprises the elements disclosed in Fig. 2, viz., the core E say, of rubber threads, and the woven yarn or thread covering C for said core. The loops are formed by mechanically separat ing a suitable number ci the threads ot ,the main covering, the same Vbeing Woven together as at C', to form a relatively nonelastic portion. It shouldA be understood, of course, that it is not necessary in all cases that the parts C should be actually looped-oit or separated from the main body in the particular manner shown. There is, however, a particular advantage in having said loops actually separated through ut their length, each loop being ci such a length as to provide slack when the webbing Webbing so constructed has advantages in a variety of arts and especially in the garment supporter art, for eir-4 ample, it is well known that when a length of' elastic webbing is sewed to a support the rubber threads are punctured and thereby 'weakenedon the line of stitching with the result that the webbing gives away at this point prematurely. By providing the nonelastic portion at one sida-.this portion may be sewed into the support, together with the elastic portion-as shown in Fig. 4,

wherein oneend of webbing is shown as sewed into the lower edge of a corset. It is obvious in this arrangement that the strain d will fall upon the non-elastic portion which limits the stretch of the supporter at said secured end, thus relieving the strain on the rubber threads at said point. Fig. 5 I have shown that end ot the webbing bearing the looped-oli portion 3 as secure to one of the metal supports ct a hose supporterl In this instance the metal part is Again in Y lever.

. strip of elastic webbing compri in the torni of e lever slide buckle, .P repre senting the back plate and L the clamping The elastic branch of the webbing is passed through a slot in the plate P While the non-elastic branch 3 being of Agreater length is paeseL up over the plete P and thence clown and -sevvecl'or otherwise secured, together with the eestic branch, to the 'webbing below said Support. rlhis View, 5,'Kis employed to illus-trate the advanf tege oprovicling the loopecbo portion ot greater length than the adjacent elastic portion, the principal advantage .in this case being that it provides a protectivecov'ering :for the metallic bach oit' the covering, thus j )revcnting it from coming in Contact with the clothes or body of the wearer.

What It clainiis:

Ae a new article of manufacture, e length oit elastic webbing, including a core ot rubber and covering of woven threads, and a non-elastic branch portion adjacent a portion of said webbing termed by Sonie of seid. threads.

E2. As neny article of manufacture, a

tic core, and a yielding covering of Woven thread, and. a ioop ot non-elastic fabric separetecl from the elastic portion of the Web- Uoptes oi. this patent may be aoiaeee ing an elashing and formed of some of the threads ein1 plcyed for covering the elastic core.

1 3. is a new article of manufacture, a strip of elastic webbing comprising an elastic core and a yielding covering ot Woven thread, and. a loop of non-elastic fabric se arated from the elast-ic portion of the Webblng and formed of some of the threads employed for covering the elast-ic core, saiclloo `being of greater length than the'length o elastic webbing between the ends of said loop.

fi. n elasticv webbing consisting of a flat strip having a main section and a section prolonged therefrom and continuous therewith, in both of Which there are elastic strands throughout the length,`the first section having a greater number of Warp threads therein than the adjacent section and an integral section formed therewith and adjacent to the section having the least number of Warp threads and which section is non-elastic and is formed from part of the Warp threads of the first section With additional weft threaolsr CHARLES J. l/VHITE.

`Wtnesse R. C. MITCHELL, CHAS. A. PEARD.

obteinecl for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, E. 

